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The QC, Vol. 77, No. 20 • March 7, 1991

1991_03_07_p001

QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
^
Volume LXXVII, Number 20
March 7, 1991
Alcohol Awareness Week
■■■■.:...,..■..■:.■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Sarah Gammill/QC Photography Editor
JUST SAY KNOW: Students look at the crashed car outside the Campus Inn. The car, a product of a
drunk driving accident was brought to campus by Hadley Tow In conjunction with the Counseling Center
as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. The car is a reminder of what can happen wh en drinking under the
influence. For facts on alcohol and drugs see page 5.
on
Reopens Soon
By Milan- Goldshlager
After bei ng dosed for over
a year the newly renovated
"Tm^mmm:;/
■ ■ "..
^■■■■■mmmmmmm^
m^tm'. s ■ :-m
i" • ■ -. - '■-- fhtt the
improvements include: new
supplies for a repainted pool
table, reupholstered
furniture, vending machines,
new v :s, as
well as two screens and
speakers to air MTV
eon tin i
There-opening was made
possible by BOG, who
contributed $1,500 to the coat
and Harold Hewitt, Vice
President, oi' Business and
Finance, who oversaw the
allotn ■ as a
contribution from the
Administration.
The Student Union hours
of operation will be from 11:00
a.m. to midnight. "This will
serveasatrial period. "Huang
said, "to monitor the usage.
"From that, we ran determine
what the official hours will
be/'shf -.1- •■ '>:§&&SS»
Pledging Committee Named
The members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Society Practices
and Governances were announced Tuesday in a letter to the
Whittier College Community From President James Ash.
The members are:
Michael Beasley, senior (Lancer Society)
Jane Burbank, Director of Alumni Relations, alumna '67
(Thalian Society)
Steven Chang, alumnus '75 (Penn Society)
Robert Cioe, senior
Professor Joseph Fairbanks, Department of History
Professor Stephen Gothold '63, Dean of College Life, Chair
Robert Guy, senior
Alvin Henderson, junior
Professor Hilmi Ibrahim, Department of Physical
Education & Recreation
Michele Karchesy, junior (Palmer Society)
Betty Kenworthy, alumnae '45 (Athenian Society)
Professor Anne Riley, Department of English
Kevin Marshall, alumnus '90 (Orthogonian Society)
William Mullowney, College Counsel
Molly Roberts, junior
The student members were named by ASWC President Alvin
Henderson, the faculty members by the Chair of the Faculty, and
the administration members and society alumni by Ash. Gothold
will chair the committee.
The committee was formed following the faculty
recommendation that "society pledging as it has been practiced
in the past be eliminated and replaced by education and initiation
procedures which conform to the educational laws of the State of
California," the letter said.
"The goal [of the committee] is a set of general
recommendations which will guide the administration of the
college in implementing the faculty's mandate of substantial
reform," Ash said in his letter.
Gothold will present the Committee's recommendations and
concerns at the Faculty Meeting on Mon. April 8.
New Housing
Site Chosen
By Kirsten Larsen
QC Staff Writer
The plot of land directly
above the Amphitheater has
been chosen by the New Housing
Task Force as the location of a
residence hall to hold 200
students, expected to be
completed by the fall of 1992.
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President of Business and
Finance, said, "The
Administration will give no
guarantee to when the
construction will be completed,
Please see HOUSE page 4.
Ball to Be Coed;
Residents Upset
By Kederik Wallace
QC Staff Writer
Current Ball Hall residents
are upset at the fact that the
dorm will become coed next year.
The change in occupancy is
necessary due to the expected
housing shortage, Ken Kelly,
Assistant Vice President for
Student Life said.
"Next semester there will
be more male students than
female students. Last semester
Please see BALL page 5.
Faculty
Hiring
Now In
Progress
By Anthony M. Navarrete
QC Staff Writer
Six new faculty members
have been hired, and two more
positions are yet to be filled, in
Whittier College's current
faculty search, according to
Robert Marks, Dean of Faculty.
The two new members of the
English Department should
make a decision about their
opening in the area of secondary
education early next week, and
that the Speech Pathology and
Audiology Department have yet
to begin to search process for
their opening.
New English Department
faculty members are: Kirk
Nesset, pending Ph.D from the
University of California at Santa
Barbara, and Susanne Weil,
pending Ph.D from the
University of Gatffertlfa at
Berkeley.
In the Foreign Languages
Department, Doreen Mary
O'Connor, pending Ph.D from
the Catholic University of
America, in Washington D.C.
will be joining the Spanish
program, and Christine Hubert
Dispas, pending Ph.D from the
University of Maryland at
College Park, will be the new
French Professor.
Nancy Jeanne Celniker,
pending PhD from the
University of California at San
Diego, will be the newest
member of the Mathematics
Department, and Kim Thomas,
who received her Ph.D from
Purdue University, will join the
Economics Department.
According to Marks, Nesset
will be focusing on creative
writing and modern literature.
Nesset lists among his other
interests, American postwar
fiction, 20th century literature,
postmodernism, Native
American fiction, the
experimental novel, and
Raymond Carver, who Nesset
write his dissertation on. Nesset
has been teaching at UCSB for
four years.
Charles Adams, the English
Department's current American
Literature specialist, will be
taking on the position of
Associate Director of the
Whittier Scholars Program.
Though he will continue to teach
a limited number of English
courses, it was decided that there
was a need to hire another
English faculty member
Please see HIRING page 4.

QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
^
Volume LXXVII, Number 20
March 7, 1991
Alcohol Awareness Week
■■■■.:...,..■..■:.■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Sarah Gammill/QC Photography Editor
JUST SAY KNOW: Students look at the crashed car outside the Campus Inn. The car, a product of a
drunk driving accident was brought to campus by Hadley Tow In conjunction with the Counseling Center
as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. The car is a reminder of what can happen wh en drinking under the
influence. For facts on alcohol and drugs see page 5.
on
Reopens Soon
By Milan- Goldshlager
After bei ng dosed for over
a year the newly renovated
"Tm^mmm:;/
■ ■ "..
^■■■■■mmmmmmm^
m^tm'. s ■ :-m
i" • ■ -. - '■-- fhtt the
improvements include: new
supplies for a repainted pool
table, reupholstered
furniture, vending machines,
new v :s, as
well as two screens and
speakers to air MTV
eon tin i
There-opening was made
possible by BOG, who
contributed $1,500 to the coat
and Harold Hewitt, Vice
President, oi' Business and
Finance, who oversaw the
allotn ■ as a
contribution from the
Administration.
The Student Union hours
of operation will be from 11:00
a.m. to midnight. "This will
serveasatrial period. "Huang
said, "to monitor the usage.
"From that, we ran determine
what the official hours will
be/'shf -.1- •■ '>:§&&SS»
Pledging Committee Named
The members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Society Practices
and Governances were announced Tuesday in a letter to the
Whittier College Community From President James Ash.
The members are:
Michael Beasley, senior (Lancer Society)
Jane Burbank, Director of Alumni Relations, alumna '67
(Thalian Society)
Steven Chang, alumnus '75 (Penn Society)
Robert Cioe, senior
Professor Joseph Fairbanks, Department of History
Professor Stephen Gothold '63, Dean of College Life, Chair
Robert Guy, senior
Alvin Henderson, junior
Professor Hilmi Ibrahim, Department of Physical
Education & Recreation
Michele Karchesy, junior (Palmer Society)
Betty Kenworthy, alumnae '45 (Athenian Society)
Professor Anne Riley, Department of English
Kevin Marshall, alumnus '90 (Orthogonian Society)
William Mullowney, College Counsel
Molly Roberts, junior
The student members were named by ASWC President Alvin
Henderson, the faculty members by the Chair of the Faculty, and
the administration members and society alumni by Ash. Gothold
will chair the committee.
The committee was formed following the faculty
recommendation that "society pledging as it has been practiced
in the past be eliminated and replaced by education and initiation
procedures which conform to the educational laws of the State of
California," the letter said.
"The goal [of the committee] is a set of general
recommendations which will guide the administration of the
college in implementing the faculty's mandate of substantial
reform," Ash said in his letter.
Gothold will present the Committee's recommendations and
concerns at the Faculty Meeting on Mon. April 8.
New Housing
Site Chosen
By Kirsten Larsen
QC Staff Writer
The plot of land directly
above the Amphitheater has
been chosen by the New Housing
Task Force as the location of a
residence hall to hold 200
students, expected to be
completed by the fall of 1992.
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President of Business and
Finance, said, "The
Administration will give no
guarantee to when the
construction will be completed,
Please see HOUSE page 4.
Ball to Be Coed;
Residents Upset
By Kederik Wallace
QC Staff Writer
Current Ball Hall residents
are upset at the fact that the
dorm will become coed next year.
The change in occupancy is
necessary due to the expected
housing shortage, Ken Kelly,
Assistant Vice President for
Student Life said.
"Next semester there will
be more male students than
female students. Last semester
Please see BALL page 5.
Faculty
Hiring
Now In
Progress
By Anthony M. Navarrete
QC Staff Writer
Six new faculty members
have been hired, and two more
positions are yet to be filled, in
Whittier College's current
faculty search, according to
Robert Marks, Dean of Faculty.
The two new members of the
English Department should
make a decision about their
opening in the area of secondary
education early next week, and
that the Speech Pathology and
Audiology Department have yet
to begin to search process for
their opening.
New English Department
faculty members are: Kirk
Nesset, pending Ph.D from the
University of California at Santa
Barbara, and Susanne Weil,
pending Ph.D from the
University of Gatffertlfa at
Berkeley.
In the Foreign Languages
Department, Doreen Mary
O'Connor, pending Ph.D from
the Catholic University of
America, in Washington D.C.
will be joining the Spanish
program, and Christine Hubert
Dispas, pending Ph.D from the
University of Maryland at
College Park, will be the new
French Professor.
Nancy Jeanne Celniker,
pending PhD from the
University of California at San
Diego, will be the newest
member of the Mathematics
Department, and Kim Thomas,
who received her Ph.D from
Purdue University, will join the
Economics Department.
According to Marks, Nesset
will be focusing on creative
writing and modern literature.
Nesset lists among his other
interests, American postwar
fiction, 20th century literature,
postmodernism, Native
American fiction, the
experimental novel, and
Raymond Carver, who Nesset
write his dissertation on. Nesset
has been teaching at UCSB for
four years.
Charles Adams, the English
Department's current American
Literature specialist, will be
taking on the position of
Associate Director of the
Whittier Scholars Program.
Though he will continue to teach
a limited number of English
courses, it was decided that there
was a need to hire another
English faculty member
Please see HIRING page 4.